Safia is a distinctive choice, ranked #922 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Safia in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#922
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About the Name Safia
Safia has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 270 places in five years. It was most popular in 1999 at #440 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Safia is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Safia in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Safia
Safia Djelal โ Sofia Djelal is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F56-58 javelin throw events.
Safia Lebdi โ Safia Lebdi is a French politician and activist.
Safia Abdul Rahman โ Safia Abdul Rahman is a Ghanaian footballer who played as a forward for the Ghana women's national team.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Safia
Unlikely. With around 38 UK babies named Safia per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Safia in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Safia has been fairly steady, ranked #922 in 2025 against #992 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #440 in 1999.
Safia is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Safia include: Safia Djelal, Safia Lebdi and Safia Abdul Rahman. Short summaries for each appear below.
Safia does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Safias in the wild.
38
UK babies named Safia (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 70 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Safia
Almost certainly the only Safia in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Safia
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Safia Middleton-Patel is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Manchester United of the Women's Super League, and the Wales national team.
Safia Amajan, also spelt Ama-jan, Ama Jan, Ahmed-jan and Ahmed Jan, was an Afghan women's rights activist, educator, politician, and critic of the Taliban's suppression of women, who was shot and killed in 2006, reportedly by the Taliban.